After a while, Emperor Chu finally put his hand down from his forehead, looked at Yu Huaien, and asked: "Lao Yu, send someone to see why Yang Hao and others haven't arrived yet."

Yu Huaien responded and was about to leave when another eunuch's voice sounded outside the palace door: "I have been ordered to deliver the order, come and pay it!"

Emperor Chu was slightly startled and looked at Yu Huaien again.

This time, Yu Huaien did not let the palace official shout, and shouted directly: "Come in!"

Following Yu Huai'en's shout, a middle-aged eunuch hunched over, walked with small steps, walked all the way to the imperial steps, and knelt on the ground: "Slave, long live the Lord! Long live the Lord! Long live the Lord!"

Yu Huaien said in a deep voice: "Where is the heir apparent of the Yang family?"

The middle-aged eunuch raised his head, looked at Yu Huaien, and replied: "Back to the chief manager, the eldest son of the Yang family is ill in bed and cannot come."

When Emperor Chu heard this, he frowned.

After hearing this, the ministers were stunned for a moment, then exchanged glances with the people around them, and each smiled knowingly.

How could the eldest son of the Yang family, who was so fierce yesterday and beat up the eldest son of Prince Yong and others, be bedridden today?

This guy is probably pretending to be sick!

What does it mean to pretend to be sick at this time? Feeling guilty!

"You saw Yang Hao lying ill in bed with your own eyes?" Emperor Chu said.

"Back to Lord Long Live, when the servant went to announce the decree, the Yang family's eldest son stood up to accept the decree." The middle-aged eunuch said.

When everyone heard this, they became more and more determined.

Since he was able to get up to receive orders, he must have been pretending to be ill.

"Huh?" Emperor Chu frowned again.

"Long live Lord, the eldest son of the Yang family looked very weak when he received the order. Without someone's support, the eldest son of the Yang family could hardly stand up after hearing the instructions from the long live Lord." The middle-aged eunuch hurriedly added.

Pretending to be sick! Absolutely, you are pretending to be sick!

Can’t get up? You’re scared, right?

In the Jinluan Palace, the ministers began to whisper.

Emperor Chu glanced at everyone. When everyone stopped whispering, he looked at Yu Huaien and said, "Old Yu, please announce again! Send a certain sedan chair to carry Yang Hao to the Jinluan Hall."

After saying that, the Emperor of Chu sneered and said: "This son came to Beijing to accept the seal on behalf of his father. Since I know that he is sick, I can't just ignore him. I have to let the imperial doctor take a good look at him."

Hearing what Emperor Chu said in such a tone, all the ministers exchanged glances again.

The emperor seems to be angry!

Yes. The main criminal pretended to be ill to avoid the trial during the Jinluan Palace trial. This is the crime of deceiving the emperor!

Upon hearing this, Lin Huaizhang walked out of the queue slowly, as if he wanted to say something, but then stepped back.

Lin Huaizhang's move naturally did not escape the eyes of the ministers.

Seeing Lin Huaizhang acting like this, all the ministers were completely convinced that Yang Hao was pretending to be ill. Moreover, seeing Lin Huaizhang acting like this, Lin Huaizhang might be an insider to the matter of Yang Hao pretending to be ill.

After Yu Huaien finished making arrangements, after a while, another person walked out among the ministers.

Everyone looked and saw that this person was Lu Botong, the Minister of Punishment of Da Chu.

Since the early morning, there had been noisy noises in the Jinluan Palace for more than two hours, but Lu Botong remained silent.

Seeing Lu Botong standing up at this time, all the officials were a little curious.

"Your Majesty, the servants are going to the Duke's Mansion to carry the Yang family's heir. It may take an hour to go and return. Now that the people involved have basically arrived, I suggest that we start questioning the case first." Lu Botong bowed and said.

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Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

you do not say!

There are people on both sides of the fight. It doesn't matter whether Yang Hao comes or not. The important thing is to find out the matter quickly and find out what should be convicted and punished.

Besides, we have been working hard for more than two hours, and everyone has not eaten breakfast. They are already hungry and tired. If we wait for the waiters to carry Yang Hao slowly over and finish questioning the case, lunch will be delayed.

Emperor Chu looked at the reactions of the ministers, pondered for a moment, and said, "That's fine. Just follow Lu Aiqing's words and ask the question."

After the Emperor of Chu finished speaking, the eyes of all the ministers turned to Lu Botong, Yu Zhongze and another person, Zhengqing Zhong Shi, Mingjing Secretary of the Great Chu.

These three people represent the three main law enforcement agencies in Dachu, namely the Criminal Department, the Inspection Department and the Mirror Department.

Although these three agencies are both law enforcement agencies, they have different focuses.

Among them, the Inspection Department is in charge of arrests, the Mirror Department is in charge of interrogation, and the Criminal Department is in charge of sentencing.

At this moment, it is said that it is an imperial trial, but naturally, the questioning of the case cannot be done by the Emperor of Chu himself. The specific questioning has to be done by the chief officials of these three legal agencies.

Seeing everyone's eyes turning towards them, Lu Botong, Yu Zhongze and Zhong Shi all felt a little dizzy.

It’s not easy to ask questions in the Jinluan Palace! Moreover, the emperor has not spoken, who dares to take the lead?

"Three adults, which one is here to ask?" Seeing that the three people were not moving, Yu Huaien said.

Lu Botong glanced at Chen San who was standing next to him. He took the opportunity and bowed to Emperor Chu: "Your Majesty, since the people involved in the case were brought back by the Internal Affairs Bureau yesterday, I suggest that today's imperial trial and the questioning of the case be left to Chen San. Lord Datong is in charge."

When Yu Zhongze and Zhong Shi heard this, they immediately came out of the queue at the same time and bowed: "Your Majesty, I second your proposal!"

When the ministers heard this, they secretly cursed the three foxes in their hearts, but they all nodded.

In front of Emperor Chu, today's question is actually the same to anyone who asks it.

However, it seems that it is really more appropriate for Chen San to ask about this case.

The Neisi organization, let’s call it a law enforcement agency, has never had this title. Let’s say it is not a law enforcement agency. It integrates arrest, trial, sentencing, and punishment into one, and it has more complete functions than the three law enforcement agencies in Dachu. Moreover, once caught and tried by the internal affairs department, there is no place to appeal.

More importantly, the Nei Si reports directly to the emperor and is only responsible to the emperor. In this case, it is naturally the most suitable for the chief of the Nei Si to lead the investigation of this rare imperial trial in thousands of years. Yes.

"Chen San, you come to ask." Emperor Chu looked at Lu Bo and the other two people, his eyes paused for a moment, then he looked at Chen San and said.

"Wei Chen accepts the order!" Chen San bowed and said.

On the side, a chamberlain had already prepared pen and ink, ready to start recording.

Chen San looked at the large row of people kneeling on the ground and said solemnly: "I am asking you a question. If what you say is incomplete and untrue, it is the crime of deceiving you. Do you understand?!"

Xiong Bian and others naturally expressed their understanding.

Since the Emperor of Chu and his ministers already knew the names and origins of the main people involved, Chen San skipped the step of interrogating the names.

Chen San looked at Xiong Bian, paused briefly, then looked at Qiu Hongze and said: "Qiu Hongze, please tell me in detail about the fight between you and others yesterday."

When the ministers saw that Chen San did not ask Xiong Bian, but asked Qiu Hongze, they all understood that this was Chen San saving some face for King Yong.

When Qiu Hongze heard Chen San's question, his mouth moved a few times, but he seemed to be hesitant.

Qiu Donghan shouted: "Commander Chen Datong asked a question, why don't you answer it truthfully?!"

After drinking, Qiu Donghan said again: "Today, the imperial censor of Zuodu participated in the murder of the prince of the Yang family and others, and more than a hundred princes of the Imperial Academy jointly submitted a letter. You must answer carefully, and you must not hide anything!"

After hearing this, all the ministers exchanged glances with the ministers around them, and there was an inexplicable meaning in their eyes.

Hearing his grandfather's words, Qiu Hongze hurriedly said to Chen San: "Go back to Datong and say something cold, and I will go to Zhang Tower later..."

Qiu Hongze barely said a word before everyone was confused.

What are you talking about? Why is it so confusing?

Emperor Chu also frowned.

"Master, I checked yesterday and found that some of these three people's teeth were knocked out during the fight." Chen San pointed at Qiu Hongze, Cao Yidan and Jiang Huan one by one and said to Emperor Chu.

When everyone heard this, there was another commotion. Qiu Donghan and Jiang Chengchou's expressions became quite ugly.

Hitting someone is not just a slap in the face. This Yang Hao was extremely cruel. Not only did he slap him in the face, he also knocked out the teeth of Qiu Hongze and others.

"Ask someone else." Emperor Chu frowned again and said.

Chen San looked at Shen Jiazhen and said, "Shen Jiazhen, tell me."

Poor Shen family, although they have extremely strong financial resources, and Shen Jiazhen has been domineering for several years relying on the power of the Five Poisons in the capital, but has he never seen such a formation in the Jinluan Palace?

As soon as Chen San opened his mouth, Shen Jiazhen fell to the ground softly.

Emperor Chu frowned again, looked at Xiong Bian, and said, "Bian'er, it's up to you to speak."

After all, Xiong Bian was the crown prince of King Yong. Hearing Emperor Chu's question in the tone of his grandfather, and seeing his father King Yong and all the princes' uncles present, and recalling Qiu Donghan's words just now, he felt reassured and opened his mouth to talk about what happened yesterday.

Tao Lai.

"Yesterday, the imperial grandfather and his grandson entered the Emperor's Room No. 1 in Wangjiang Tower with Mr. Qiu and others. Mr. Qiu and others had a few quarrels with Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin became violent and injured, knocking Mr. Qiu to the ground.

"Xiong Bian spoke up, but he was not facing Chen San, but towards the Emperor of Chu.

When Lin Xuan heard this, he immediately interrupted: "Your Majesty, why didn't you say..."

Lin Xuan was only halfway through his words when Lin Youzhi shouted: "Lin Xuan, please don't interrupt when I ask you a question!"

Chen Sanyi said in a deep voice: "You all, listen carefully! You are strictly prohibited from interrupting without permission!"

Xiong Bian continued: "After Mr. Lin violently injured someone, Mr. Jiang stepped forward to dissuade him, and Mr. Lin started to fight against Mr. Jiang and others. Mr. Jiang and others were dissatisfied and fought back, and the two sides fell into a fight until Mr. Jiang and others

He was also knocked to the ground by Mr. Lin."
To be continued...